People are always like, Children should come with instruction manuals, ha ha ha *sob* because once you have children, your ability to make fresh and funny jokes dies in a fire. But also, that is bullshit because they do, they … Con...

I read Black Ice with a lot of hopes. Hopes […] Author information Kat Kennedy Co-blogger at Cuddlebuggery Kat Kennedy is a book reviewer and aspiring author in the Young Adult genre. She reviews critically but humorously and get s...

In the latest battleground to test the limits of free speech, the Supreme Court of the United States is reviewing a Texas case regarding vanity license plates. This case involves the use of a Confederate flag on a license plate. An...

I was pretty skeptical when I started Red Queen. I had heard extremely mixed things about it. I was looking for a good fantasy read at the time and I’m glad I set aside my skepticism and gave Red Queen a chance. I adored it and ...

In the title story of Salley Vickers' new collection, The Boy Who Could See Death, the novelist tells the tale of Eli, who is seven years old when he predicts the death of his friend Tommy, who falls out of his treehouse and breaks his n...

New York Times, USA Today, IndieReader and internationally best-selling author Monica Murphy is a native Californian who lives in the foothills below Yosemite with her husband and three children. She’s a workaholic who loves her job. Whe...

Dr. Ismail Salami, reply by Stephen Greenblatt To the Editors : I am sorry to see an article by my colleague Professor Stephen Greenblatt in your journal titled “Shakespeare in Tehran” whose content is a departure from the views he expre...

A Spokane college graduate searches for wealth and fame in LA but finds only a string of dead-end jobs and outlandish individuals in Jans’ witty debut drama. In 1987, Jack Fitzpatrick’s plans to be rich and famous are off to a good start...

Janet Malcolm Man in Profile: Joseph Mitchell of The New Yorker by Thomas Kunkel The idea that reporters are constantly resisting the temptation to invent is a laughable one. Reporters don’t invent because they don’t know how to. This is...

Toronto, Canada – Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Enterprises, one of the world’s leading international producers and distributors of children’s animated content, is partnering with internationally renowned actress and author Julie Andrews...

Art on Chairs is an international event that promotes design and contemporary creativity as driving forces for innovation in industry and development in Paredes, a Portuguese municipality committed to the production of high-qualit...

reviewed by John W. W. Zeiser. In his study Korea: The Politics of the Vortex,the late Gregory Henderson observed of Korea that foreign threat[s]... produced both a perceived and a subconscious drive for unity.This need for unity manifes...

The “first full-length biography” of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin offers much nuance and complexity to the killer, bordering on the downright sympathetic. Reams have been written about John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865), who was shot in the ens...

Alisa Solomon, reply by Robert Brustein To the Editors : I appreciate that Robert Brustein admired my writing and research for Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof , but am beyond bewildered that he found it “bewi...

I picked up Love Handles because it was inexpensive to buy the kindle book and audiobook. I like romantic comedies and thought it would be a fun read. Unfortunately this book didn’t work so well for me. I can say it’s definit...

Oddly, I have never read Irvine Welsh, though I did see Danny Boyle's film of his comico-prurient first novel Trainspotting, about smack addicts glamorously adrift in mid-1980s Edinburgh. This, Welsh's tenth, A Decent Ride, is more of th...

Patrick Gale's eagerly awaited new novel is a departure in many senses. His first for Tinder Press, his first truly historical novel, it begins in Edwardian England before setting sail for the western prairies of Canada. The opening scen...

Naidoo and Grobler follow up their Afrocentric collection of Aesop’s Fables (2011) with a fresh set of tales drawn from Amharic, Luo, Zulu and other traditions. “Once, Lion wanted to check that all the animals knew who was boss. So he we...

April showers bring awesome translations…that’s how the expression goes, right? RIGHT. This month, keep an eye out for the following works from Italy, France, Korea, and Switzerland. And thanks to your input on my ongoing ...

Burbank, CA/New York, NY – “Fancy Nancy,” the New York Times bestselling book series by Jane O’Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser, has been optioned by Disney Junior for development of an original animated TV movie and ser...

Harry Boyte, Albert Dzur, and Peter Levine, reply by Michael Walzer To the Editors : Michael Walzer points to a central problem with Cass Sunstein’s perspective: the assumption that what is needed is to improve procedures of group decisi...

Hugh Eakin To the Editors : Several Norwegian readers have commented on a confusing reference to recent hate speech legislation in my article “Norway: The Two Faces of Extremism.” To clarify, Norwegian law has long drawn a distinction be...

“We are afraid to change because we think that, after much effort and sacrifice, we know our present world. And even though that world might not be the best of all worlds and even though we may not be entirely satisfied with it, at...

Play Reimagining ‘Three’s Company’ Wins Case – This is sort of a good news/bad news situation. The good news is that the play “3C,” which parodies the television series “Three’s Company,” has prevailed...

April 23 is UNESCO’s World Book and Copyright Day when literature and literacy is celebrated around the globe. This year, this special day will have a strong rare book flavor thanks to more than a dozen pop-up book fairs organized by the...

A radical shift in thinking about climate change from Lovelock, the originator of the Gaia theory. Readers who devoured The Revenge of Gaia (2006) or The Vanishing Face of Gaia (2009) are familiar with the scienti...

Former poet laureate wins annual prize established by his successor for radio project’s ‘skilful shaping’ and ‘magical transformation’ of conversations Andrew Motion has won the Ted Hughes award for new work in poetry for a radio program...

So the battle over book pricing may have started a bit earlier this spring. Last year it wasn’t in full swing until May. This year is starting with April, assuming the Business Insider article yesterday wasn’t an April Fool&#...

Many writers are opposed to writing for free, and I don't blame them. It's nice to get paid for our work, and "exposure" won't pay the bills. But, sometimes a silly blog submitted on a prominent site can result in unexpected income. A fe...

The tablet market may be slowing, but notebooks appear to be doing worse. According to new figures from ABI research, notebooks are ceding market share to other mobile computing devices. Analysts estimate that by 2016, notebooks will acc...

By F. Scott Fitzgerald / Scribner Magazine This is the first in a coming series of Scribner features on F. Scott Fitzgerald to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the publication of The Great Gatsby. Who hasn't tried new ways to save money...

Childlessness may be one of the last vibrant taboos in our culture. Women, especially, who don’t have children are still regarded as somehow incomplete or thwarted, even by liberal and tolerant people. It may be that childless women are ...

Publishing Perspectives and Publishing Technology co-publish a white paper based on Publishing Technology's research on 'How Millennials Consume Content' and findings from experts in media, marketing, and technology on how to reach this ...

Children’s book publisher Capstone is offering a fellowship for authors and illustrators. The Capstone Fellowship in Children’s Literature will be awarded to children’s authors and illustrators “whose stories entertain and in...

Faye Dunaway may finally open up about what really went on behind the scenes of the 1981 camp classic, "Mommie Dearest." Publisher’s Lunch mentioned the prospective memoir in a recent newsletter, according to Queerty: Academy Award winni...

Illustrated books and textbooks, far more than novels, require more effort produce and updated digital tools are necessary to make that process easier. The post Making Digital Proofreading Easier for Illustrated Books, Textbooks appeared...

The Harder They Come by T.C. Boyle Ecco, $26.00 Published March 31, 2015 The Bottom Line is a weekly review combining plot description and analysis with fun tidbits about the book. What we think: The Harder They Come opens with an act of...

Battery life is the Achilles heel of all mobile devices, and while the latest battery tech research coming out of California won't fix the problem it is a step in the right direction. Gizmodo reports that a research team at UCLA Berkeley...

If the walls in your home are as empty as a Ben & Jerry’s carton after a good chick flick, Joy Cho is here to help. The popular blogger behind the lifestyle site “Oh Joy” is releasing a new book under the same name. In it, readers ca...

Several changes have been made to the staff at Hachette Book Group USA. Seven current members of the Grand Central Publishing division have received promotions. Madeleine Colavita moves up to assistant editor at the Forever imprint. Over...

Budapest isn’t necessarily the place where you expect to find a Robert Aickman gem, but lucky me: while browsing for English book for my daughters, I came across a copy of The Fourth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, selected an...

Mental health disorders can be so complex that many adults can't comprehend them. So, how exactly do you explain them to children? Army veteran Seth Kastle encountered this problem with his own young family after returning from deploymen...

Adjusting to the digital market means continuously recalibrating investments to support strategic goals and the organizational resources for pursuing them. Bibliocloud founder Emma Barnes sees those costs as amounting to a “strategy tax”...

Charlotte’s Web by EB White has been voted the most popular children’s book ever, according to a new survey from BBC. To come up with the list, BBC Culture’s Jane Ciabattari polled dozens of critics from around the globe. These exp...

The UK publishing industry appears to be in rude (or at least, moderately insulting) good health, according to figures from the Nielsen conference BookInsights, quoted in Publishing Perspectives and The Bookseller. The Nielsen numbers ci...

OneNote users have long been able to take a photo with their camera, clean it up automatically, and scan it into their notes, but that used to require the OneNote app itself. Now they can use Office Lens, a new scanning app which Microso...

A city of books as much as a capital of music and culture, our round-up of the best literature about the Big Easy has been filled out with readers’ recommendations. Here are some of the best Susan Larson introduces the literature of New ...

Yes, people, it’s that Hugos time again, when a once-great platform for the discovery and commemoration of great speculative writing reveals just how debased and degraded it has become. And provides a ringside seat for the sordid l...

Gretchen Rubin has a slight frame, a fast mouth and an energetic zeal when talking about her new book, for which she was once again part researcher and part guinea pig. Better Than Before in many respects picks up where her earlier body ...

The phrase ‘slippery slope’ is used all the time in public debate, but the argument behind it is a fallacy Public debate is a risky business: everyone is in danger of plummeting cartoonishly down icy inclines. That, at least, is the...

The Paris Review and The Standard, East Village (a hotel in New York City) seek candidates for its Writing Residency program. Each applicant must send in an excerpt from the work-in-progress project, a letter from a publishing house to v...